candy : Sri Lanka’s economic crisis has led to a medical emergency in the country, with hospitals grappling with a severe shortage of medicines. Hours of power cuts and diesel shortage have added to the crisis.
a doctor on duty national hospital In Kandy, the second largest city after Colombo, he said that medical supplies were running out fast. Ambulances have been badly affected by the shortage of diesel in hospitals in small towns. A senior member of a government committee set up to deal with the crisis said patients are facing difficulties in all hospitals. Medical screening of patients is slowing down as it is proving difficult to maintain biological samples at desired temperatures due to prolonged power cuts.
“There is a shortage of life saving medicines. Prices are rising with the budget allocation for reducing health. We are not able to maintain the ICU and storing injections and vaccines for polio, measles, rubella, diphtheria in the freezer and getting fuel are other major problems,” the official said. The COVID-19 vaccination campaign has come to a halt.
Sources in the Indian High Commission in Colombo said that discussions were on on the credit line for the medicines supplied to Sri Lanka. Northern Province Governor Jeevan Tyagaraja: Told TOI that health officials have been stocking medicines for some time in anticipation of a crisis.
The province’s senior medical health official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said they were managing with available medicines. “We are getting special allocation for ambulance, ICU for hospital generator and other vehicles Petroleum Corporation“said the officer.
On 5 April, the country’s top medical association declared a national health emergency in the wake of a shortage of life-saving drugs. The Government Medical Officers Association called a meeting and declared a medical crisis. Sri Lanka exports at least 85% of pharmaceutical products. Warning came early with Sri Lanka Chamber of Pharmaceutical Industry This shows that some medicines were not in stock. “Both the government and the health ministry have failed to prevent a complete collapse of the medical system,” the GMOA said.
a doctor on duty national hospital In Kandy, the second largest city after Colombo, he said that medical supplies were running out fast. Ambulances have been badly affected by the shortage of diesel in hospitals in small towns. A senior member of a government committee set up to deal with the crisis said patients are facing difficulties in all hospitals. Medical screening of patients is slowing down as it is proving difficult to maintain biological samples at desired temperatures due to prolonged power cuts.
“There is a shortage of life saving medicines. Prices are rising with the budget allocation for reducing health. We are not able to maintain the ICU and storing injections and vaccines for polio, measles, rubella, diphtheria in the freezer and getting fuel are other major problems,” the official said. The COVID-19 vaccination campaign has come to a halt.
Sources in the Indian High Commission in Colombo said that discussions were on on the credit line for the medicines supplied to Sri Lanka. Northern Province Governor Jeevan Tyagaraja: Told TOI that health officials have been stocking medicines for some time in anticipation of a crisis.
The province’s senior medical health official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said they were managing with available medicines. “We are getting special allocation for ambulance, ICU for hospital generator and other vehicles Petroleum Corporation“said the officer.
On 5 April, the country’s top medical association declared a national health emergency in the wake of a shortage of life-saving drugs. The Government Medical Officers Association called a meeting and declared a medical crisis. Sri Lanka exports at least 85% of pharmaceutical products. Warning came early with Sri Lanka Chamber of Pharmaceutical Industry This shows that some medicines were not in stock. “Both the government and the health ministry have failed to prevent a complete collapse of the medical system,” the GMOA said.